What Do Radar Mitigation Acronyms Mean?
Below is a list of acronyms associated with radar mitigations.
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| ACRONYM | MEANING |
| AARA | Air to Air Refuelling Area |
| AB | Air Base |
| ACP | Airspace Change Proposal |
| AD | Air Defence |
| ADR | Air Defence Radar |
| AGC | Automatic Gain Control |
| AGL | Above Ground Level |
| AIP | Aeronautical Information Publication |
| AIS | Aeronautical Information Service |
| AMSL | Above Mean Sea Level |
| ANSP | Air Navigation Service Provider |
| ASACS | Air Surveillance and Control System |
| ASR | Airport Surveillance Radar |
| ATC | Air Traffic Control |
| ATNS | Air Traffic Navigation Services (South Africa) |
| ATS | Air Traffic Service |
| ATSOCAS | Air Traffic Services Outside Controlled Airspace |
| CAA | Civil Aviation Authority |
| CAP | Civil Aviation Publication (UK) |
| CAS | Controlled Airspace |
| CASA | Civil Aviation Safety Authority (Australia) |
| CFAR | Constant False Alarm Rate |
| CIR | Carrier to Interference Ratio |
| CNS | Communications, Navigation and Surveillance |
| CRT | Cathode Ray Tube |
| dB | Decibels |
| dBm | Decibels (milliwatt) |
| DIO | Defence Infrastructure Organisation (UK) |
| DGAC | Direction générale de l’aviation civile (France) |
| EASA | European Union Aviation Safety Agency |
| EMF | Electromagnetic Fields |
| EMI | Electromagnetic Interference |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration (USA) |
| FL | Flight Level |
| FSPL | Free Space Path Loss |
| GHz | Gigahertz |
| Hz | Hertz |
| IAA | Irish Aviation Authority |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organisation |
| IFP | Instrument Flight Procedure |
| IFR | Instrument Flight Rules |
| ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
| LAT | Lowest Astronomical Tide |
| LOS | Line of Sight |
| MAA | Military Aviation Authority (UK) |
| MDS | Minimum Detectable Signal |
| MHz | Megahertz |
| MOD | Ministry of Defence (UK) |
| MSSR | Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar |
| MTD | Moving Target Detection |
| MTI | Moving Target Indication |
| MRT | Multi Radar Tracker |
| MSL | Mean Sea Level |
| MW | Megawatts |
| NAIA | Non Auto Intiation Area |
| NAIZ | Non Auto Initiation Zone |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NATS | Formerly National Air Traffic Services (UK) |
| NIW | Non Initiation Window |
| nm | Nautical Mile |
| OWF | Offshore Wind Farm |
| PAR | Precision Approach Radar |
| PD | Probability of Detection |
| PFA | Probability of False Alarm |
| PPI | Plan Position Indicator |
| PRF | Pulse Repetition Frequency |
| PSR | Primary Surveillance Radar |
| RAF | Royal Air Force (UK) |
| RAG | Range Azimuth Gating |
| RAP | Recognized Air Picture |
| RCS | Radar Cross Section |
| RLOS | Radar Line of Sight |
| RM | Project RM mitigation for NATS Raytheon radar |
| RMS | Radar Mitigation Scheme |
| RPM | Revolutions Per Minute |
| SAAF | South African Air Force |
| SACAA | South African Civil Aviation Authority |
| SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| SSR | Secondary Surveillance Radar |
| STC | Sensitivity Time Control |
| TMZ | Transponder Mandatory Zone |
| UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
| VFR | Visual Flight Rules |
| VHF | Very High Frequency |
